Chapter 554: Friendly Matches

“The respiratory organ isn’t large, the body size isn’t large…” Qiao Sang silently glanced at Little Steel Falcon, who was feeding Chan Chan Stone chili peppers, and thought, “None of that fits, what should I do?”

“Steel?”

Little Steel Falcon noticed her Yu Beast Master’s gaze, turned its head, and showed a puzzled expression.

“It’s like this,” Qiao Sang decided to be honest, “You wanted to activate the Air Evacuation characteristic, right? I thought about it and felt that activating a characteristic would be difficult, but learning a skill should be easier. So, I found a skill similar to Air Evacuation, which is Air Absorption.”

“But just now, I looked at some Air Absorption teaching plans, and they suggested that Pets with small respiratory organs and body sizes should not learn this skill. What do you think?”

If it were Ya Bao, Qiao Sang might have directly considered everything and made the decision for it, but Little Steel Falcon was unusually intelligent. It was the one who proactively suggested wanting to activate the Air Evacuation characteristic, so she wanted to ask for its opinion.

“Steel…”

Little Steel Falcon was stunned.

It had thought that this human, who had become its Yu Beast Master, had already forgotten about this matter, but she was still trying to find a way for it…

It had been there the whole evening and naturally knew what kind of agreement she had signed to get the Air Absorption teaching plan.

It had thought of many things, but it had never expected that getting this plan was for itself…

Qiao Sang continued to speak to herself:

“Actually, I think suggestions are just suggestions. In my opinion, although your respiratory organ and body size aren’t very large now, after evolution, these won’t be a problem.”

“The problem is, even if you learn this skill at this stage, its effect in actual combat won’t be very significant.”

“With Air Absorption, the larger the respiratory organ, the more air is inhaled, and the larger the vacuum range created. Your current body size is small, so even if you learn it, the amount of air inhaled will be very limited, and it’s highly probable that it won’t cause much of a suffocating effect on the opponent.”

“Of course, if you evolve later, this skill will definitely be very useful.”

“It just depends on whether you want to learn it now, or wait until you evolve and your body size gets larger.”

After speaking, Qiao Sang looked at Little Steel Falcon, waiting for its answer.

“Steel.”

Little Steel Falcon pondered, then nodded seriously.

It wanted to learn it now.

“Alright, then we’ll start training tomorrow,” Qiao Sang readily agreed.

“Steel.”

Little Steel Falcon turned its head and continued to feed Chan Chan Stone chili peppers. On the surface, there was no difference, but if one looked closely, it was not difficult to find that its movements while feeding the chili peppers were a bit more cheerful than before.

…

The next day, as dawn broke.

Under Lu Bao’s Healing Light, Qiao Sang’s dark circles disappeared.

After a quick wash, putting on her new school uniform, and munching on a bread, she took Ya Bao and the others to the outdoor training ground.

“You need to first train internal breath holding, which means inhaling but not exhaling,” Qiao Sang said to Little Steel Falcon.

“Let’s try it first.”

“Steel.” Little Steel Falcon nodded, then handed the Chan Chan Stone in its paw to Xiao Xunbao and chirped, indicating for it to help watch it.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao readily agreed.

“Chan Chan!”

After a night, Chan Chan Stone’s mouth was still like a sausage. As soon as it reached Xiao Xunbao’s hand, it immediately acted as if it had seen its birth mother, hugging Xiao Xunbao’s arm with both claws and wailing loudly.

Compared to the others, Xiao Xunbao, who only let it watch melodramatic plays, was simply the best Pet ever!

“Xun!”

“Xun!”

Xiao Xunbao was startled at first, then pointed at the crystals falling from Chan Chan Stone’s face and chirped twice at Ya Bao.

“Quickly collect them, quickly collect them, these are all Fourth Bro’s food!”

“Ya.”

Ya Bao’s eyes glowed blue, concentrating the fallen crystals into a bowl that Xiao Xunbao had previously taken out of the ring.

On the other side, Qiao Sang had already begun teaching.

“Slowly inhale…” Qiao Sang slowed down her speech.

Little Steel Falcon was very obedient and slowly inhaled a breath.

“Stop when you can’t inhale any more, buffer a bit, don’t exhale, maintain the suction,” Qiao Sang said.

Little Steel Falcon obediently followed suit.

After finishing, it blinked its eyes, indicating that it was ready.

“Not bad,” Qiao Sang praised, then said, “Continue to inhale…”

Little Steel Falcon followed by inhaling.

“That’s right, just like that,” Qiao Sang smiled. “This is internal breath holding. You just repeatedly inhale, pause, inhale, pause, letting the breath suspend, accumulating more inhaling power within your body.”

All of the above was what Qiao Sang had just seen in the documents last night.

Little Steel Falcon was extremely intelligent; it understood after listening once and didn’t need a second explanation.

After practicing like this twice, Qiao Sang took out her phone to check the time, then turned to Xiao Xunbao:

“We should go.”

As soon as she said this, before Xiao Xunbao could react, Chan Chan Stone, hanging on its arm, immediately started crying out “Chan Chan!” “Chan Chan!” as if they were facing a life-or-death separation.

Qiao Sang was momentarily bewildered at the sight, wondering when their relationship had become so good.

They still had to separate; she couldn’t be late for class.

After dropping Xiao Xunbao off at its class, Qiao Sang went to her own classroom.

As soon as she entered, she noticed Tang Yi’s two large dark circles again.

“What? Were you stuck in the last match again?” Qiao Sang asked.

She didn’t know how the E-level Beastmaster arena matches were arranged. She had already finished yesterday, but Tang Yi hadn’t even entered the arena yet. Considering Ya Bao’s sleep, Qiao Sang had returned first.

“No,” Tang Yi yawned, “I won the arena king title yesterday, but it was almost midnight by the time I finished and came back. I just haven’t had enough sleep.”

After speaking, he yawned again.

Qiao Sang thought, “Good thing I have a Lu Bao…”

At this moment, the homeroom teacher, Mu Deli, walked into the classroom, went to the podium, and said:

“Students, please put down your textbooks. I have an announcement to make.”

The whole class immediately focused their attention.

Mu Deli smiled and said:

“In two days, our school will be going to the First District to participate in a 2vs2 team battle friendly match. Are there any students interested in voluntarily signing up?”

2vs2 team battle? Qiao Sang pondered slightly.

A 2vs2 team battle either refers to a doubles battle format composed of two Yu Beast Masters, or it refers to a format where one Yu Beast Master sends out two Pets, forming a corresponding core tactical system to cooperate and battle against the opponent’s two Pets.

There were many large competitions composed of these two modes, and she didn’t know which one the homeroom teacher was referring to.

No one raised their hand; everyone looked rather uninterested.

“This friendly match will be attended by major prestigious schools from the top three districts. It’s a rare opportunity for exchange. Is anyone willing to go?” Mu Deli looked around and continued.

Upon hearing this, some people began to raise their hands one after another, looking like four or five people.

The exact number was uncertain mainly because the fifth person kept raising and lowering their hand, very hesitant.

Qiao Sang did not raise her hand. Her 24 hours a day were packed, so she had no time to participate in a so-called friendly match.

Mu Deli looked around, not quite satisfied.

She smiled and added:

“If any student can achieve a top-three finish in this friendly match, we will have point rewards: 20 points for third place, 50 points for second place, and 100 points for first place.”

As soon as her words fell, the hands of all the students in the class were raised uniformly and firmly.

Including Qiao Sang.